001 [voice | CALL | un: ghostprince]

[shootaro]

[CALL]

[The call begins with the sound of something flapping incessantly, as if blown by very rough winds. It soon settles into eerie howling. Pleasant!

It's not entirely a creepy silent call, though, and soon enough, a cool and quiet, young-sounding voice that's a bit hard to place, filters in:]

—one hear me? Sorry, the wind picked up.

I'm going to check out the temple.

Will anyone else be coming? I won't be needing your help [—rude.] I'm asking for your safety. I don't advise sneaking up on my partner and I, unless you don't consider your soul valuable.

[End call. Not so much as an introduction! He thinks he owns the place, doesn't he?]

Comments

voice; ah, worldbuilding discrepancies...

[boundinblood]

"Drawn in?"

[Oh Maker, it's even worse - this is a mage or someone with some object of soul-binding capabilities far too young to have mastered them...]

And what is it that you're trying to bind, to what, and for what purpose?

voice; sooo many

[shootaro]

Lady, what?!

[She had completely the wrong idea! And what's all this talk about binding?!]

I'm not doing whatever you think I'm doing!

I'm trying to exorcise a dangerous spirit so it doesn't get anyone hurt or killed, okay?

[VERY terse. Is she going to stop accusing him now?!]

voice; even video game logic fails

[boundinblood]

[...What? In what universe do you not defeat a spirit by beating it up???]

That's not exorcism! You need to destabilize its presence and either kill it or force it back to the other side of the Veil! Binding it to an object will keep the danger at bay, but someone could accidentally release it. Maker knows I've been the unlucky soul to find one of these things enough times to know...

voice;

[shootaro]

... [A VERY loud, long-suffering sigh. Noisily dragged out for effect, probably.]

It's not—

Listen. It's not being bound. No cursed objects here.

The soul will be fated to endless wandering in the spirit world, on the other side as you put it, don't worry.

But the spirit, the matter, the spiritual energy is what we'll use up. It's not being bound, would you just listen to me and stop acting like you know everything?!

[He's getting very frustrated and his voice is turning quite childishly high. After taking a moment to regain composure, he continued, more quietly, sounding tired and uncomfortable with the amount of information he had to divulge.]

... the energy will be used up, like fuel, okay? Nothing will remain here. Trust me. This isn't the first time.

[boundinblood]

[She grew up learning all about the creatures of the Fade, of its properties and its dangers. The core of her skills depends on it. It keeps her enemies at bay and her friends in good health. It makes her a force to be reckoned with and the subject of superstitious fear. It is the entire reason she could not grow up among the normal population of Thedas, and everything Trip is saying has flown in the face of everything she has ever known, while still sounding just similar enough she's not convinced it isn't the same.

Unfortunately for Trip's patience, using a spirit's energy for power is not a flattering ability. She hasn't forgotten he said he had a partner that he has not yet named.]

And how do you do this, seal a soul away in the Fade and leech away its energy?

[shootaro]

And why should I tell you?

[He does not like her, safe to say.]

[boundinblood]

Because if this partner of yours is a demon, you could be in more danger than you realize!

[Her tone is sharp with worry, rising slightly in panic. She already had to kill one child who fell victim to a demon and nearly had to kill the other. She doesn't want to repeat that. There is no victim more innocent than one who has not had a chance to learn better about demonic contracts.]